Back Mučedníci z Laosu Czech Mártires de Laos Spanish Martyrs du Laos French Martir-Martir Laos ID Martiri del Laos Italian Męczennicy z Laosu Polish มรณสักขีแห่งเมืองลาว Thai
Martyrs of Laos | |
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| Born | Within Italy, France and Laos |
| Died | 28 March 1954 (Blessed Jean-Baptiste Malo) – 7 March 1970 (Blesseds Luc Sy and Maisam Pho Inpeng) Laos |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 11 December 2016, Vientiene, Laos by Cardinal Orlando Quevedo |
| Feast | 16 December, various dates for individual martyrs |
| Attributes | martyr's palm |
| Patronage | Laos |
The Martyrs of Laos are seventeen Catholic priests and professed religious as well as one lay young man venerated as martyrs killed in Laos between 1954 and 1970 of the First and Second Indochina Wars during a period of anti-religious sentiment under the Pathet Lao Theravada Buddhist-communist political movement.[1][2]
The cause for their canonization was opened as two parallel processes with one for Mario Borzaga – an Italian Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate – and his companion Paul Thoj Xyooj – a Laotian catechist – and another for a group of fifteen martyrs that included ten French missionaries as well as five Laotian Catholics.[2] The Borzaga cause commenced under Pope Benedict XVI on 22 December 2006 and the Tiěn cause commenced on 18 January 2008 in a move that accorded both sets of martyrs the title of Servant of God. Pope Francis approved both beatifications in 2015 and their beatification took place in Vientiane Cathedral on 11 December 2016 in which Cardinal Orlando Quevedo presided on the pope's behalf.[1]
- ^ a b "The martyrs of Laos, part 2". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Group of Laotians soon to be recognized as martyrs". 22 July 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2016.